I'm absolutely certain this was 100% safe.
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Jun 16, 2021 10:36:11 #
medphotog wrote:
Nice image. (And now I have Bobby Lamm stuck in my head)
Glad someone picked up on the Chicago allusion.
Jun 16, 2021 12:10:57 #
Orangutans have often been kidnapped when very young from their parents in the wild and taken to be raised as pets by humans. They may remain tame - I have read that they do not become as aggressive as chimpanzees might. There has been an effort throughout Asia to take captive orangutans and place them in rehabilitation centers in Borneo for possible reintroduction to the wild. This probably is not appropriate for the older animals. And of course, their natural habitat is being destroyed, so that may simply be a lost cause. Attitudes have changed in most of the world - probably not quickly enough. When I was young the local T,G&Y store had squirrel monkeys and white-faced Capuchin monkeys for sale, as well as ocelots. Fishermen in the Philippines for the most part no longer drop dynamite on the reefs to scoop up the dead fish that float to the surface. But I guess in China they still eat bats and pangolins....
Jun 16, 2021 12:25:33 #
Yeah... nah, if you look at this picture and don’t see man’s lack of concern for the welfare of animals.....
Jun 16, 2021 12:42:11 #
shangyrhee
Loc: Nashville TN to Sacramento CA
Yes, I believe you 100% !!! Thank you for sharing. Shang
Jun 16, 2021 13:02:16 #
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Jun 16, 2021 14:04:44 #
HRBIEL wrote:
Yeah... nah, if you look at this picture and don’t see man’s lack of concern for the welfare of animals.....
Properly run zoos aren't the cause of declining animal populations. Poaching, private ownership of exotic animals, loss of habitat due to human overpopulation . . . this orangutan's chances of survival in its native Borneo are, as we all know, pretty grim. Children exposed to endangered species might, one hopes, engender in them a concern for animals in the wild. I know my first zoo visit at age 12 had a profound effect on me that has influenced my writing and teaching for nearly sixty years. Here in the US we have a lot of roadside zoos that should be shut down because they don't have the resources to care for exotic species properly. There are more tigers, for example, in small private zoos than there are remaining in the wild.
Jun 16, 2021 14:45:18 #
Craigart14, I know all this as well as the next person, but I holdout no hope that humanity will ever learn!
Jun 16, 2021 14:54:43 #
craigart14 wrote:
Saturday, in the park, I think it was in old Singapore.
I don't think the kid posed any threat to the orang-utan 😱😱😱😱😱
Jun 16, 2021 16:07:26 #
HRBIEL wrote:
Craigart14, I know all this as well as the next person, but I holdout no hope that humanity will ever learn!
I don't have much hope, either. Humanity is simply too successful as a species. We're like a virus infecting the planet.
Jun 16, 2021 17:56:26 #
harbrack
Loc: Delaware, OH
That handsome boy looks like he has done this photo more than just once. So confident.
Jun 16, 2021 17:59:10 #
craigart14 wrote:
Saturday, in the park, I think it was in old Singapore.
That's wonderful!
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